Etymology

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Today it means: A social event with traditional Irish or Scottish music and dancing. Full definition →

Irish céilí ← Scottish Gaelic ceilidh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromceilidh
  2. Irish · borrowed fromcéilí“Irish dancing session”
  3. English todayceili

Borrowed from Irish céilí (“Irish dancing session”), Scottish Gaelic ceilidh.

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicceilidh all →

ceilidh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.